Device for securing rands to heels.



UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

CHARLES A. BLISS, or IIAVERHILL,

HALF TO THE F. N. LIVINGSTON AssAonUsE'rrs, ASSIGNOR or can & COMPANY, or SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application and January 5,1899.

T0 on whom it may concern..- a

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. Mass, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Haverhill, in the county of Essex and State. of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Securing Bands to Heels, of which the following is a specification.

In the manufacture of heels which when shipped are ready to be applied to the shoe it is necessary to attach to the upper or inner side of the heel a wedged-shaped rand which extends about the outer edge thereof and gives the heel a concaved top, so thatit may be readily secured to the shoe. Rands'have usually been secured to heels by one of two processes-first-, by nailing the rand directly onto the heel, and, second,'by sewing it to the upper lift. The nailing process is necessarily slow, and a heel to which the rand is secured by nails is objectionable for several reasons; In nailing on the rand someof the nails are likely to be driven 'so that they will come nearly or quite to the surface at the side of the heel, and this is specially liableto occur in fancy heels which are considerably tapered. "When this occurs, the cutter which-is used to trim the heel will be dulled or perhaps spoiled by striking the nails. Furthermore, the brads whichare used to make a series of nail-holes in the heel before the latter is se cured to the shoe are also liable tobe bentor broken by striking these nails. It will therefore be seen that a heel as an article of manufacture is much more desirable ifit is free from nails. The use of nails is avoidedin the second process above referred to in which the rand is sewed to the upper, lift. This process,- however, is slow and expensive and therefore little used.

Attempts have rand to the heel by glue or paste; but such attempts prior to my invention have been only partially successful, as great difficulty 45 has been found in securing the rand to the heel in proper position and also in making the rand adhere firmly enough to withstand shipment and necessary handling.

According to my invention I secure the rand to the heel by glue or paste as firmly as 'Fig. 2 isa een made to secure the,

Patent No. 629,148, dated July is, 1899.

Serial No. 701,218. (No model.)

the other parts of the heel may be glued together, and by this means which I have invented the rand will always be secured so that its entire outer edge will be flush with the edge of the heel. I accomplish this resuit by first placing the rand in a holder of the same size and shape as the heel to which the rand is to be secured, the holder being shaped so'as to hold the rand in place, then applying paste to the top of the heel, around the edge thereof, or to the surface of the rand, then placing the heel on the rand in the holder and putting the whole in a press, so that the heelwill be forced down on the rand. After a short time the glue will be set, and the heel will be ready for the final step of molding.

, Fora fuller deseriptionof my invention reference is made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a plan view of the rand-holder. vertical cross-section thereof on the line 00 a: of

Fig.1, showing the rand in position v in the holder. Figs. 3 and. 4 are both vertical cross-sections on the line 3 y of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 showing'the mud and heel in position; and Fig. 5 is a vertical cross-sectiorron the line a z of Fig. 1.

The holder is made in two parts 1 and 2, the outer part 1 constituting the sides of the holder and the inner part 2 the bottom of the holder; These parts are secured by screws or any other suitable means to a wooden base 3. The inner sides of the holder 4 are in clined from the bottom inwardly at all points for thepurpose which will hereinafter appear. These sides 4 are curved in the form of the sides of a heel, as shown, so that when a heel of the size for which the holder is made is placedv therein the sides will fit closely up to the outer edge or sides of the heel. The width of the holder from its inner upper edges will bemadeslightly greater than the width of the upper lift of the particular size of heel for which the holder is made, so that the heel may be readily placed therein and removed therefrom, as hereinafter described. The sides of the holder do not extend in front of the breast portion of the heel, this portion of the holder being left open, as shown. The bottom portion 2 is made in a form resembling a horseshoe, the outer edge thereof fitting closely to the sides 4 of the outer portion 1, an open space 8 being left in the central portion of the holder. This curved strip 2 which forms the bottom of the holder is made of the same width, approximately, as the rand which is ordinarilyused on the heel and has an inclined upper surface, the inner edge thereof being the highest and the inclination being such that when the rand is laid flat in the bottom of the holder the upper surface thereof will be approximately level. The side and bottom portions 1 and '2 are preferably made of cast metal, the holder being made in two parts on account of convenience in cast ing. Pins 5 5 are located in the bottom portion on each side of the central open space 8 and adjacent thereto, said pins being so located that they will engage the breast portion of the heel when it is placed in the holder and hold the same against longitudinal movement. The upper ends of pins 5 5 are preferably cut off at an inclination, as shown, so that the rand will be less likely to catch when it is placed in the holder.

The manner of using the above-described holder is as follows: The wedge-shaped rand 6 which it is desired to secure to the heel is first placed on the bottom of the holder, as shown in Fig. 2, and is held in position by the inclined sides 4 and the pins 5, the former preventing the rand from springing up and the latter biting intothe thin edge of the rand, pressing its thick edge against the sides of the holder and assisting very materially in holding it in place. A suitable glue or paste is then applied to the top of the heel or to the rand, after which the heel 7 is placed in the holder on the rand, as shown is Fig. 4. The holder is then placed in a press, forcing the heel down on the rand and causing the two to firmly adhere. The central open portion or recess allows the full force of the press to come on the rand and insures adhesion at all points thereof. After they have remained in the press for a sufficient length of time for the paste to set the heel may be pried out easily by inserting a fiat tool, as a screw-driver, under it from the open side of the holder. The projecting ends of the rand may then be cut oif and the heel will be ready for the final process of molding.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. A device for securing rands to heels, consisting of a rand-holder having sides which incline from the bottom inwardly, said sides being curved to correspond with the outer edge of the heel and permitting the introduction thereof at the top of the holder, and

an inclined bottom portion, said inclination are shaped to correspond to the outer edge of the heel and permitting the introduction thereof at the top of the holder and having an inclined bottom portion, said inclination I extending upwardly from the sides.

3. A device for securing rands to heels, consisting of a rand-holder made in two parts,

secured to a common base, one of said parts forming the sides of said holder, and the other the bottom thereof, said sides being inclined inwardly and curved to correspond with 'the outer edge of the heel, said bottom portion being inclined upwardly from the sides for a distance corresponding to the width of the rand, the inclination being such that when the rand is placed on said bottom portion it will present an approximately level surface.

4. A device for securing rands to heels, consisting of a rand -holder having the sides thereof shaped to correspond to the outeredge of the heel, said holder being left open at the side corresponding to the breast of the heel, and having the bottom portion thereof inclined from the sides upwardly at such an angle that when the rand is laid on said bottom portion, the upper surface thereof will be approximately level.

5. A device for securing rands to heels consisting of a rand-holder having sides which are shaped to correspond to the outer edge of the heel, an inclined bottom portion which extends upwardly from the sides, a projection arranged adjacent to the inner edge of said inclined bottom portion which is adapted to engage the thin edge of the rand and hold the same against the sides of the holder.

6. A device for securing rands to heels, consisting of a rand-holder, having sides which are shaped to correspond to the outer upper edge of the heel, a bottom, having a recess in the middle portion thereof and having an upwardly-inclined portion which extends from the sides to the recess.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. BLISS.

lVitnesses:

LoUIs H. HARRIMAN, WM. L. BAKER. 

